So Caesar fell (44). Years of bitter civil war followed. Then at last Caesar’s nephew and adopted son, Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus, did that which Brutus had slain Caesar to prevent--changed the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. All the Emperors bore the name of Caesar. Throughout the vast world over which the Roman eagles flew, Julius Caesar was worshipped almost as a god. [Illustration: A CINERARY URN] [Illustration: A ROMAN WATER-CARRIER with his water-skin on his back] Printed in England at the Oxford University Press * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Errata: The word “invisible” means that there is an appropriately sized blank space, but no printed character. The repeated words in “From her her sons and daughter learned” and “be recognized as as big a man as Pompeius” are not errors. the long and bitter wars that followed. [_final . invisible_] CHAPTER III [_anomalous title format unchanged_] He was an organizer of consummate ability [comsummate] Rome has risen to its height of power.’ [_close quote missing_] the Roman people was indebted to many leaders [_text unchanged: expected “were”_] [Illustration: JULIUS CAESAR The Brit. Mus. gem] [Brit. Mus gem] which rose at times when they were called upon [at time] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Ancient Rome, by Mary Agnes Hamilton